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Children displaced by the war in Syria's Idlib province sit, wearing face masks during a COVID-19 awareness campaign this week in Dana. The World Food Programme warned that people living in displaced-person camps could be "particularly vulnerable" to the

The Population Living In Acute Hunger May Double This Year Due To Coronavirus

4:45pm April 21, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Some 135 million people globally lived on the edge of starvation last year. The World Food Program fears the effects of the virus could balloon that number to a staggering 265 million this year.

Why A $790 Balenciaga Hoodie Has A World Food Programme Logo

2:08pm June 10, 2019

by Malaka Gharib

The U.N. agency partnered with the luxury fashion label so more people will find out about its mission to provide food aid. Some in the humanitarian community say it's a risky deal.

Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy.

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Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

4:56pm April 25, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.

A World Food Programme convoy carries humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria. Getting food into conflict zones is a major hurdle — and a topic of discussion at the WFP's Innovation Accelerator.

Have A Cool Idea To Help End World Hunger? Pitch It To The U.N.

3:46pm September 19, 2018

by Vicky Hallett

At the World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator, teams test out new proposals to stop hunger. Anyone can submit an idea. And September deadlines are coming up.

A Palestinian woman and her children receive supplies from the International Committee of the Red Cross at a refugee camp in Gaza; a latrine project in Haiti financed by Oxfam; a UNICEF tent at a refugee camp in Iraq.

Logos On Aid Supplies: Helpful, Demeaning ... Or Dangerous?

11:38pm June 25, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Everyone has an opinion about the big logos slapped on humanitarian handouts, from bags of food to temporary toilets. Are they helpful? Or do they make recipients feel like "supplicants."

Women carry sacks of food, airdropped by the World Food Programme, this past summer in Jonglei, South Sudan.

The U.N.'s Terrible Dilemma: Who Gets To Eat?

6:44pm January 10, 2018

by Courtney Columbus

Funding shortages and continuing conflicts are forcing the U.N.'s World Food Programme to make tough decisions about who gets rations — and how much they get.